I was wondering if whoever did that .....

by A K Church, Thursday, March 21, 2024, 20:00 (38 days ago) @ JimT
edited by A K Church, Thursday, March 21, 2024, 20:04

Rocket, the gunsmith at Anderson Gun Repair had a barrel off a 4" Smith "Victory" .38 Special with 4 bullets stuck inside. He milled a window along the side of the (removed) barrel. He left the bullets in the barrel. They were nose into base.

Bore was a little rough.

All bullets were consistent visually with the 130 grain FMJ, the USAF load which is loaded very light indeed @ 725 ft/sec. I've also seen the 130 USAF type bullet loads sold as white box plinking ammo.

My s.w.a.g. is that the ammo was underloaded, likely from the factory, and the pitted bore increased friction.

In the early 200s, Numrich still had new Parkerized Victory barrels. The revolver and cylinder suffered no ill effects. It was put back in service.

The barrel lay around on the counter until (apparently) someone stole it.